David el Gnomo,

I am a 15 or so year member of Mudcat and am well aware of the 'cat's policy regarding personal attacks. That said, I found the tone of many of the postings quite offensive, and more than a few of them bordered on personal attacks (yours were quite temperate and even somewhat sympathetic). But it was really the harshness and redundancy of the attacks on the song that I found depressing. I'll have to admit that Carol's defenses became rather redundant, as well.

Charles